Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-09-14
THE REPUBLIcAH coHvENr1oH.
Remarkable for Nothing bat It's Resolutions
-Kiowa Gets Revsnge-A Ticket
PM MP 70 ha Deafen.

The republican nominating conven-
tiOn met at the courthouse at o'clock
last Saturday, and was called to order
by w. e. Campbell, of Sun City. On
motion, E. IL. Nixon was made tempo
rary chairman, and G.. W. Ellis tempo
rary secretary.
Moved and carried that all candidates
and other persons except delegates, be
excluded from within the railing.
MIR. Z. Sample moved that the chair
appoint committee of 3 on order of
business, and committee of on Gre
dentials. Mr. A. w. Hopkins amend
ed the motion to the effect that COM
mittee of three, on order Of business be
elected by the house, and not appointed
by the chair. 1t was now evident to
every one that Medicine Lodge and XII
owa were matched, and would contest
every move that looked favorable to
either. Mr.. Hopkins was not actively
supported, as his delegation forgot to
second his motion. Mr. Sample very
quickly saw the opening, and called the
previous question, shutting off debate.
AT this time Kiowa got her wind, and
several attempts were made at speech
making. The chair oyerruled them all,
put the question, and declared it car
ried. Mr.. Hopkins now demanded a
rising vote Messrs. Sample and Wick
ers claimed there was no business be-
fore the house. Kiowa appealed from
the decision of the chair. A vote to
sustain the chair was lost, % yeas and
80 nays.
A Kiowa man moved to elect COM
mittee on order of business. Mr.. Sam
pie amended to the effect that the chair
appoint committee of ON order of
business. Mr.. Hopkins claimed that
the amendment was the same old mo-
ton. Several speeches and motions
were made on both sides, though a mo-
ton was before the house. Mr.. Hop
was about to make his fourth speech
on the point when the chair ordered
him to sit down, and he went down so
suddenly as to cause big laugh from
the north side of the house. The chair
was about TO put the amendment to
vote when delegate, III blue shirt,
jumped upand yelled, "NIr. Chairmanlr
The chairman frOwned and pointed his
left foreGnger severely at the offender,
who dropped suddenly into his chair,
as though struck by a baseball club.
This tickled the chairman so much that
he forgot the key of the situation, but
was soon checked up by Mr.. Sample.
The motion that the chair appoint a
committee of 5 on order of business was
put and carried. Mr.. Hopkins again
appealed from the decision of the chair.
The chair was sustained. Mr. Hopkins
moved TO reconsider, though he voted
with the minority. The north side OF
the house grOaned, and yelled ''sit down!
sit down."
The chair appointed A. l.. Noble, D.
Cornue, G.. w. Vickers, J. A. McPhee
and g. y. Smith as a committee on Or
der of business.
On resolutiOns-T. b. Macdonald, G.
F. McElrath, G. L. Rigg.
On credentials-A. w. Hopkins, J.
w. Dobson and II. l.. Carter.
Permanent organization-E. Gibbs,
o. Hayerlin, a. w. Calvin, c. B. Mead
and z. A. Simmons.
At 3:25 o'clock the convention was
called to order. The committee on per-
manent organization reported, recon-
mending G.. w. Ellis as chairman, and
DR.. Hutchinson as secretary. Mr.. Nix
on slid out of the chair without putting
the question to vote. Mr.. Ellis as
sumed the chair, and returned thanks
for the honor conferred. DIR. Hutchin-
son took the secretary's chair.
Mr.. Calvin made kick against Mr..
Ellis taking the chair without any au-
thority.
On motion, the report was adopted,
and the committee discharged.
Report of committee on credentials
read, wrangled oyer, referred back with
orders to amend; reported second time,
under protest from Mr.. Hopkins, read,
adopted, and committee discharged.
The committee on order of business
reported. Report read, adopted and
committee discharged.
The committee OIL resolutions report
ed, Mr.. Macdonald being called on to
read the report, owing to his familiar
ity with the peculiar handwriting. lie
at once disclaimed the authorship of
the resolutions, but read them in an
oratorical style, showing previous prac-
tice. They are as follows:
RESOLUTIONS.
We. the representatives of the republican
party of Barber county, having listened with
patience to the gasconade of a democratic con-
vcntion, and the harmless illusions of the un-
ion labor party, now wish to promulgate few
truths to an intelligent constituency.
We cannot endorse, in company with our
democratic friends, the administration of Gro
yer Cleveland. and we regret that the demo
cratic partizans of Barber county arc unable
to distinguish between the pig-headei Obstina-
cy OF the present incumbent and the patriotic
irmness of Andrew jackson.
We arraign the democratic party as recreant
to every trust, and false to every promise it
has made to the American people.
Its president, who employed substitute to
do his fighting. and then, in a spasm of econo-
my. neglected to pay said substitute for his SER
vices, now sits in the presidential chair, enjoy
ing a princely salary, and vetoes every bill
which looks TO the relief of those who lost their
health that he might enjoy the blessings of an
undivided union.
While covering its person with the many-col-
ored cloak of reform, it has harrassed the set
tiers on government land with senseless re-
quirements aud petty annoyances, thereby
causing the settlers Of Barber county the un-
necessary expenditure of thousands upon
thousands of dollars, and has forced many
poor and worthy persons to abandon all hope Of
land and home.
We demand that the useless surplus I'm the